Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:31:19 -0800 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@dsl-only.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't find ethernet (MAC) address Message-ID: <20030113183119.GR25529@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> In-Reply-To: <20030113180431.10057.qmail@web11606.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030113180431.10057.qmail@web11606.mail.yahoo.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 10:04:31AM -0800, James C. Li wrote: > Hi, > > My NIC (Linksys LNE100 TX) has worked fine within a Cable modem LAN (with a > Linksys router), but since I've moved in to my college dorm, I can't find the > MAC address. With ifconfig, I get something like (I can't reproduce it; typing > this from a public computer): > > % ifconfig > . . . > ether: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > . . . > > Apparently, the school requires students to register their ethernet (MAC) > addresses before their DHCP server leases an IP address. Is there any way for > me to get the ethernet address through FreeBSD? > > BTW: the machine is FreeBSD-4.7 RELEASE > > Also, could the MAC address by on the card somewhere (if anybody has a similar > card)? All I see is some string of numbers like a scan code. > > Thanks, > > James Your ethernet MAC address should be accessible from `ifconfig` on the line below your particular driver labeled "ether". You may also try to find it using the command `arp -a` which should have an entry for your local adapter. Nathan -- GPG Public Key ID: 0x4250A04C gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 4250A04C http://63.105.21.156/gpg_nkinkade_4250A04C.asc [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+IwX3WZYS9EJQoEwRAhGFAKDd38o6bhdvUFsA1rXSop9nClqOEgCg5SLI un+Qu+tN2ipaSv8Ss2U8vuI= =Iazf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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